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Cherry
In the sequel to her marvelous memoir of a difficult childhood in east Texas, _The Liars' Club_, Karr describes her teens in Leechfield in the early 1960s. Her mother, fresh from a stint in a mental hospital, teaches the ladies painting and doesn't much sweat the small stuff (including anything her daughter might be up to), her father is a good-time guy who clearly doesn't understand her, and her older sister does her best to fit in with the crowd and pr...The Liars' Club
The Liar's Club is Mary Karr's memoir of growing up in a very odd family in Texas. Lots of cussin, yellin, drinkin, pukin, and readin....